Charles Babbage and the engines of perfection
By: Bruce Collier and James MacLachlan.
Contributors: MacLachlan, James H., 1928-
Series: Oxford portraits in science
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 123
Subjects: Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871 -- Juvenile literature; Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871; Mathematicians -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Computers -- History -- Juvenile literature; Mathematicians
Description: Traces the life and work of the man whose nineteenth century inventions led to the development of the computer.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-120) and index.